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More info?)
Hi I have been following this thread. I am attempting to
set up xp from win me also. I thought xp had to be on the
first partition. It says winMe has to be on the first
partition. I do have partition magic. But am unsure what
to do. Thanks
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Glen,
>
>Yes, it's possible, but certain conditions apply. If you
have no free space
>on the drive, you are going to need to invest in
partitioning software to
>make room without destroying everything you currently
have. If you are using
>NTFS on the boot partition (most are), then you will need
a boot manager as
>well.
>
>This site can help if you have free space and a FAT32
boot partition:
>http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_repair_9x.htm
>
>If not, look at one of these products, all of which can
help you achieve
>what you are asking. Specific instructions for installing
Win98 would depend
>on which product you choose:
>
>Boot Managers and Partitioning programs:
>
>BootIT NG www.terabyteunlimited.com
>Partition Magic www.powerquest.com/partitionmagic
>Partition Commander http://www.v-
com.com/product/pc_ind.html
>Ranish Partition Manager http://www.ranish.com/part/
>
>--
>Best of Luck,
>
>Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
>Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
>http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
>www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
>
>"Glen" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:199ef01c41cd3$b315bd00$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>> Am I able to load and run Windows 98se on a computer
that
>> has XP installed, only asking because a few programs I
>> have will not run on XP.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Glen
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